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Central Michigan University’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to turn the entrepreneurship program into its own department.

Debra Zellner, executive Director of CMU’s New Venture project, boasted the organization’s accomplishments and the justification for the new department.

“A lot of the companies that start up because of our program are still running,” she said. “Our program is not limited to only entrepreneurship students. We are looking all across the university for students.”

The program has started more than 108 independent companies, Zellner said.

Ross said the university is happy to support future business leaders and innovators and sees the department as a way to continue that goal.

“If you talk to employers, they are looking for those types of skill sets,” he said. “(The employers) are looking for people who think outside the box and have basic business skills. It is beyond being creative you have to be business savvy.”